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(Remember...Starting Thursday, May 31, IMPACT moves an hour earlier to a new start time of 8pm on SpikeTV!)

Preview TONIGHT'S IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast on SpikeTV at 9/8c.

- It's the May return of Open Fight Night and TNA Gut Check! Don't miss the special broadcast!

- General Manager Hulk Hogan has already announced World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Roode will defend his title on the broadcast as part of Open Fight Night! The question is, who will get the shot - Bully Ray, Jeff Hardy, AJ Styles or Kurt Angle? One of these 4 men will earn the opportunity to compete for the World Title and try to prevent Bobby Roode from becoming the longest reigning TNA Champion in history!

- Which newcomer will get a shot at joining the TNA roster as part of the monthly TNA Gut Check?

-We also understand that GM Hulk Hogan has invited a special guest to come to Thursday's Impact. Who could it be?

- Plus, which superstars will get challenged on Thursday's broadcast? It's Open Fight Night - so expect plenty of wrestlers to throw down the gauntlet and demand a fight!

All this and much more on Thursday's IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast at 9/8c on SpikeTV

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Kurt sounds like a complete asshole on TV lately, so he obviously didn't turn face exactly. I'd say he's a true definition of a tweener right now. Just look at his mannerisms. No wonder at all since he had feuds with two hottest babyfaces in Storm and Hardy over the last half of year.

It wasn't wall to wall entertainment, and some of the segments just outright sucked, but the positives were very positive

-Excellent PPV quality match from Roode & AJ. I would have to say it was easily the best TV match I've seen in 2012 (+Roode goes over clean!!!!!)
-Roode's celebration- classic
-Great opening with Bully/Hogan/AJ/Angle/Hardy and it was very unique.
-Aries vs Ryan was cool, and gives me hope for this 'Gut Check' gimmick after Silva was pretty shitty last time. Ryan better get a job
-Joseph Park is the man. His gimmick, mannerisms, and facial expressions are hilarious. His interaction with Bully was superb, both guys play their role to perfection

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Gotta agree with Dolph's, the positives were very positive, but the negatives were really bad...
7.5/10:

+ Gail Kim really needed a character, she got some semblance of one tonight. Madison forgets her panties again, ODB starts to act like a voice of reason, and they made Eric Young look like a complete chump. I marked hard for everything about this segment and fucking loved this! Bully Ray and Joseph Park was absolute gold, and that main event... Oh baby! Wow! Roode and Styles put on the best TV match since the Impact London tapings, at least. These three things occupied most of the show, and if you Youtube these three things this show was freaking fantastic. Good to see Gunner again.

- So much garbage with Hogan things was unnecessary, and it still feels like Hogan is simply playing favorites instead of giving actual reasons. I won't buy into the concept until they fix this, and I won't want to watch OFN until they scale back Hogan. Don't know how to feel about Austin Aries vs Ron Burgundy. Won't buy into Gut Check until someone actually does something with their contract, but at least Ryan looked like he belonged on the roster. TNA needs to fix this. Devon bending over backwards to kiss Garett's ass to try to get him over is simply embarassing... and I can't take any more of this damned feud. Why is Rob Terry still employed? When is Bob Van Dam's contract expiring? When is Sting retiring?

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The backstage segment was awesome and original, all of them shined. But to separate it into 3 separate segments was overkill. Park/Bully Ray is actually my favourite part of impact at the moment, I'm loving their feud, Joseph is amazing. The main event match was absolutely incredible, PPV value. But that's it. The rest was filler and boring. There were like 7 segments of Hulk Hogan, Sting returning to feud with Bobby YET AGAIN doesn't in anyway shape or form excite me for next week. Aries' match seemed completely pointless, where's his supposed push gone?

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